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Workflows, workflow systems

Wed, 09 May 2012 09:55:00 GMT

Scientific calculations that run on distributed computing infrastructures often require the coordinated execution of computing jobs, transfer of files, registration of meta-data and usage of various types of infrastructure services. These actions can be organised and made repeatable by workflows and workflow systems.

What do you want to know about portals?

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:17:00 GMT

Empowering scientific communities with simple tools that enable them to utilise services of the European Grid Infrastructure is highly important for the successful engagement ofEGIwith with new users. Portals play an important role here. Portals can ...

MapReduce talk by Dr Jimmy Lin

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:03:00 GMT

Dr. Jimmy Lin, associate professor at the University of Maryland gave a lecture in Amsterdam on Friday about Hadoop MapReduce. Dr. Lin was invited to the Science Park by BigGrid – the Dutch NGI – and by the Amsterdam Information Retrieval ...

New gadgets for the EGI Training Marketplace and the Requirement Tracker

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:15:00 GMT

Until recently, the whole thesis of providing and sharing software services within the EGI community has been that these applications must be either accessible through well defined portals operated by EGI members, or must be available as downloadable packages so users can operate their own installations. As I have explained it earlier, there are several problems with this approach and these problems can be solved if our software services were provided through web gadgets. I have good news: there are two new web gadgets available for the EGI community. One gadget to access the Training Marketplace and another gadget to access the EGI Requirement Tracker.

Web widgets for the EGI Community

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:14:49 GMT

The previous three parts of my series of widget posts described the widget concept, provided guidance on how to use EGI widgets if you are a web site/portal provider, and on how to create EGI widgets if you are a software developer. This fourth, last post offers another way in: turn third-party widgets to EGI widgets.

Web widgets for the EGI Community

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:58:17 GMT

The first part of my series of posts on web widgets introduced the widget concept, and its importance for Our community. The second part provided instructions to operators of EGI-related web pages on how to embed EGI widgets into their sites. This, third post shows how software providers from the comunity can participate in EGI widget activities.

Web widgets for the EGI Community

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:14:58 GMT

The previous post described web widgets and why widgets are relevant to the EGI community. Now it’s time to see how can You, a member of this community adjust to this new situation. First, let's look at how your services are currently accessed and ...

Web widgets for the EGI Community

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:47:32 GMT

The sheer volume of web sites and portals provided within the European Grid Infrastructure (EGI) ecosystem has grown so overwhelming that an increasing number of people are adopting multipurpose tools to help them manage and personalize the vast amount of data thrown at them every day. Personalized web pages in iGoogle and Netvibes, dashboards developed within the community reflects attempts to make the web-enabled services of EGI more manageable. This post – the first part of a series – provides an overview of the "web widgets concept" and shows how widgets could contribute to the more efficient promotion and reuse of software services within EGI. (Part 2, Part 3, Part4)

Why communication is at the heart of user support at EGI

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:53:00 GMT

The stated goal of EGI is to enhance European research through the provisioning of a Pan-European e-Infrastructure and ecosystem. Simple to say, complex to achieve. Multi-national scientific communities are heterogeneous in many respects. Understanding and efficiently addressing their e-Infrastructure needs is a huge challenge. Scientific work is carried out within various research projects, networks and initiatives. Communities have different understandings about the capabilities and potentials of e-Infrastructures. Moreover, they are represented by different individuals, institutes and teams at various forums and meetings. How can EGI cope with this complexity and offer attractive services for European research?

EGI Training Working Group

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:00:10 GMT

Support for training is a key user community service that helps EGI expand the size and expertise of user communities. Training within EGI is distributed by nature: NGIs organise training events and NGIs develop training materials. However, EGI.eu contributes to the success of these activities with...